HardChicken Riddles
A fast-food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6,9 and 20. What's the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from the restaurant?
Riddle
A fast-food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6,9 and 20. What's the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from the restaurant?
Choose an answer
A.41
B.44
C.23
D.43 is the last number that doesn't fall into these categories.
Hint: It's a 10-word phrase with 48 letters, starting with "4".
Answer
43 is the last number that doesn't fall into these categories.
Why this is the answer
This is the classic "Chicken McNugget" Frobenius number problem, where 43 is the largest value that can't be made from combinations of 6, 9, and 20.
This riddle is filed under Animal Riddles and rated Hard.